Here's the next chapter! Hope you all enjoy!


"Line these up along the borders of the table," said Trini, directing Jason and Billy. She handed them two big bouquets of pink roses. "And make sure to take the thorns off first."

"Are you ready?" Tommy asked Adam, who played a few keys on his keyboard.

"Yeah, everything's sounding good," he answered. "It's good."

"So, hopefully, they found everything," Trini said. "What did we have as the clues they had to bring again?" She counted off on her fingers. "That picture of you two, the white Easter lilies, your Dino Gem..."

"That storybook that she used to love when she was little," added Jason.

"Her guitar and the recording," said Adam.

"And the green candle," said Billy, not looking up from where he pulled the thorns from the pink roses.

"Oh yeah," replied Trini. She looked at Tommy. "And you remember the order in which everything goes, right?"

Tommy looked at her while Jason, Billy, and Adam laughed. "Yeah, Trini," he answered. "I was the one who came up with what I wanted her and the others to find, remember? I just needed your help to come up with the clues."

Trini rolled her eyes. "You know, it's not just you proposing to Kim. We're all involved, too, you know."

Tommy nodded. "I figured it'd be something like that. Why do you think I asked help from all of you guys? But you know I still needed that element of surprise." He laughed.

"Here Trini," Jason said, handing her phone over. "You got a text message."

Trini took it and read her phone. "It's from Kim, she says that they're on their way." She squealed as she looked at Trini. "It's almost time, Tommy...do you want us to hide?"

"I thought we were gonna make her set everything up," said Billy.

"I thought the whole hiding was out of the plan," said Adam.

"It is," replied Tommy. "Don't hide. Just follow the plan."

'But we've just had so many different run-throughs of the plan that I don't know which one we're following," Trini said.

"Hey," said Jason, "just do what I do. When in doubt, make it up as we go along."

"NO!" exclaimed Tommy. "Just do what we've decided, all right, guys."

Billy, Adam, and Jason laughed. "We got it, Bro," said Jason.

"Over here guys!"

A familiar voice interrupted their conversation.

Trini's eyes widened. "That's Aisha," she loudly whispered. "Quick, get in position, everyone."

"I just hope we got there before Jason and them," Rocky said. "I don't think I'll be able to stand it if Jason wins."

Jason grinned wickedly and raised his eyebrows. "This does count as a win, right, Trini?"

She shook her head as she watched for the rest of their friends. "Shh, there they are!" She looked back and saw Adam sitting on a folding chair at his keyboard, Jason, holding a box that she knew held their new Power Coins, Billy, standing in front of the table with the pink roses, and Tommy, standing behind the table with the pink roses.

"AWWW!!!!" Rocky yelled, breaking out into a run when he saw his friends. "DID THEY WIN??"

Trini shook her head and smiled. "I'm not counting anything until I have both teams' items."

"Here, we've got it," said Amy, holding the book, the picture frame and Kim's recording. Kim followed behind her, holding her guitar case, while Hayley showed everyone Tommy's black Dino Gem.

"Yeah, we have everything," added Aisha. She ran forward, holding the green candle and the bouquet of lilies. She stopped at once when she saw the odd set-up around her. "What's going on here?" she asked, looking around at Trini, Tommy, Billy, Jason, and Adam. All of them grinned.

Trini hurried forward and took the bouquet of lilies from her. She set it on the center of the table, in the middle of the pink roses. Kim, Amy, Zack, Hayley, and Rocky followed behind Aisha and looked around in the same way as Aisha had just done. Kim carefully set down her guitar case as Amy, Hayley, and Aisha dropped the rest of the items they were holding on the table.

"Kimberly," Tommy started, taking her hand into his. Kim looked up at him, smiling. Trini motioned for everyone to stand alongside one end of the table and smiled at Tommy and Kim. "This moment...I wanted everything perfect."

Aisha, sensing what was to come, gave a little squeal and grabbed onto Trini's arm.

"And here with our friends...our best friends...I can't imagine anything better."

Tommy fell silent for a bit when he picked up the framed photo of him and Jason.

"I hope you remember this day." Tommy held up the photo from the karate tournament. "I know this is the first day that I ever set my eyes on you. From that moment, I knew I had to meet you. I had to get to know you. The day after this, I saw Bulk and Skull messing with you and I knew from that moment that I wanted to protect you. I wanted to be with you every day."

Kim's eyes started to tear up, feeling like she knew what was coming.

Rocky looked over at Jason and elbowed him. "You guys knew about this?" he whispered. Jason nodded.

"A little after that, I became a ranger and joined the team." He held up the photo of the group with Alpha. "I'll always miss Zordon...and the first Alpha. They always seemed like the basis, the glue that kept us together." Tommy pointed to the candle. "A green candle, just like this one...I felt like it held my future. After having the power, I didn't want to give it up. I didn't want to be left out of the group. For the first time in my life, I felt like I had friends. I've never had friends like any of you today. When that candle burnt through, I felt like my life was over. And then you found me by the lake, just like this one. This park reminds me so much of that one back home, just like I know it does for you," continued Tommy.

Billy put Kim's recording in the CD player they had brought along.

"The day that I felt like I was never going to get any powers back..." he motioned to Kim's guitar. "Your guitar was changed into a monster and you and Zack wrote and sang a song that made me feel more accepted than I ever had in my life."

Billy pressed 'play' on the CD player. Immediately, Kim's voice started to play through the speakers, joined by Zack, singing the song that everyone remembered so well. When it ended, Tommy continued to speak. "I left Angel Grove and came back. With powers and I felt more stronger than ever. I felt more accepted than ever. Above everything, we continued to do what we always did and we made some new friends along the way."

"Us," whispered Aisha to Amy, who glared at her. "Me, Rock, and Adam."

"I know," replied Amy. "Shh!"

Tommy paused for a moment as Adam began to play on the keyboard. Everyone listened as Adam started to sing.

"I tasted, tasted love so sweet
And all of it was lost on me
Buttons sold like property
Sugar on my tongue"

"This book," continued Tommy, picking up the storybook that was Kim's favorite as a kid. "I remember the book fair and you telling me that you always wanted a prince to save you on a white horse."

"And you suggested a white tiger and bought me the book," interrupted Kim, grinning from ear to ear.

Tommy nodded, setting the book back down on the table and opening it. "And then we got trapped in it." He looked at Rocky and winked.

Rocky glanced at the open book. His gaze landed on a particular page that he remembered vividly. He, Kim, and Tommy were stuck with the grumpy elf and they were trying to find a way to get the spell lifted in front of the magician's house. Rocky remembered how much he relied on the other rangers and how much he enjoyed being a ranger. He looked up from the book and heard Adam as he continued to sing.

I kept falling over
I kept looking backward
I went broke believing
That the simple should be hard

"You had the greatest opportunity in the world and I pushed you to take it," Tommy continued. "And it made us...not exactly forget about each other, but it pushed us apart." He shook his head. "There were so many times during those years that I wished that I...that I did something or..."

"Don't think about that, Tommy," said Kim.

"I know," replied Tommy. "But it's a part of our lives. We...well, I can't say we really moved on. I know I never did and I like to think that you haven't." He laughed a bit. "But our lives continued to go on." He picked up his old black Dino Gem. "I became a Power Ranger."

"Again," whispered Rocky, Adam, and Zack.

"Again," Tommy repeated, glaring at Rocky, Adam, and Zack out of the corner of his eye. "It reminded me of when I first became a ranger. Watching those kids grow into being rangers. Especially when Trent became a member of the team. Kira reminded me so much of you. And now that I think about it, I don't suppose it should've surprised me too much that you and Kira got so close without ever knowing that the other was a ranger." Kim smiled. Tommy pulled out an envelope from his pocket and handed it to Kim.

She opened it and grinned when she saw what it is.

All we are we are
All we are we are
And every day is a start of something beautiful

Tommy took it and held up in front of Kim. "The ticket stub and backstage pass from the show that Kira had invited us to. The one where I saw you for the first time in years. The one where I remembered how much I love you. The one where I realized how much I just wanted to be with you."

"I can't believe you kept it for so long!" she exclaimed.

"Of course I have," Tommy said, grinning. He motioned for Jason to give him the box that he was holding. Tommy handed it to Kim. "Open this."

Kim giggled in excitement as she opened the box slowly. When she looked down, it wasn't exactly what she expected. Kim reached in and pulled out the pink Power Coin that housed a pteradactyl and a crane and the white Coin that laced around a tiger, falcon, dragon and brachiosaurus in green and black. "And what's this about, huh?"

"These," Tommy said, "kind of show how...I guess how we've come full circle. We got close after the two of us were rangers and when we went through that whole hellish ordeal more recently, I like to think that it's brought us closer." Kim nodded as Tommy picked up the bouquet of Easter lilies. "And these, I just wanted to give them to you."

"But we were the ones who picked them up," Kim teased.

"This is the start of a new beginning. I love you and I always will. I want to spend forever with you. " He handed her the bouquet and she grinned. Tommy started pulling apart the bouquet. "From the first day that we met, that day of the karate tournament." He pulled a single lily from her and set it on the table. "To when I lost my powers." He pulled another lily and also set it on the table. "When you wrote that song." He pulled a third and set it on the table with the others. "Every single battle that we've fought against Rita and Zedd and everything else. To that day when you fell off the balance beam at the Youth Center. The day you moved away. The day I got that letter. When you and Jason were captured by Divatox. When you left again. When I became the black ranger with the high schoolers. When Kira invited me to that show. That day that we went back to Angel Grove. When I moved here." With every statement, Tommy pulled a lily from Kim's hands until she no longer held any. "Above everything, I love you." He pulled out a white rose from seemingly out of nowhere. "And I want to spend the rest of my life with you." He handed Kim the rose and she wrapped her fingers around the long stem, feeling something hard that didn't seem like it belonged with the rose.

She unwrapped her fingers and held the rose in her other hand and gasped when she saw a ring tied to the long stem of the rose. Tears started forming in her eyes as Tommy untied it from the rose and knelt down on one knee. "I love you more than anything in this world. And beyond. And...I just want to know one thing: will you marry Kimberly Ann Hart?"

"YES!!!!!!"

Kim's mouth was open to answer, but her voice was not the one whom everyone heard. She, and everyone else, looked around to see who answered and nobody was surprised when Aisha had a look of excitement written all over her face.

Tommy stood up as he slid the ring over Kim's finger. "Thanks, 'Sha, but I think you're already taken." Aisha smiled sheepishly and shrugged her shoulders. He turned back to Kim. "Well, Kim? What do you say? Will you become my wife?"

Kim grinned as she looked at Tommy. "Of course, Tommy. I will become your wife." She squealed and threw her arms around Tommy's neck and gave him a long kiss as their friends began applauding. Adam stopped playing the keyboard to join in.


A few days later, Adam and Kim were in the studio with Kira, recording some new music. She had just gotten back from a trip to LA and Adam and Kim told her all about Tommy's proposal. Since then, Kim's been writing and composing music almost nonstop, only taking a break from her music to hang out with her friends and Tommy.

"I still can't get used to that word...fiancee...it's so weird," she said.

Adam laughed. "Well, it's only been a few days. You'll get used to it, I'm sure."

"You know, it's kind of fitting that you and Dr. O are getting married," Kira said, still calling Tommy 'Dr. O' despite his repeated statements telling her that she and the others didn't have to call him Dr. Oliver anymore. "He was my mentor as a ranger and now you're my mentor as a singer."

"Well, Kira, you did play an important part in our getting back together. If it weren't for you inviting Tommy to that show, he and I never would have reconnected. So, thanks for that. Thank you so much!"

"Aww, thank you, Kim!" Kira gave her a hug.

"All right," interrupted Adam. "Enough of all that, get back in the booth, Kir."

Kira widened her eyes. "Uh-oh, boss is calling."

Adam rolled his eyes as Kira stepped back into the booth.

"Do you think I made the right choice?" Kim asked a few minutes after the music began to play. A couple seconds later, Kira started to sing.

"Do I think you made the right choice about what?" answered Adam.

"About saying yes to Tommy?"

Adam turned to Kim. "About saying yes to Tommy? You do want to marry him, don't you? I thought you did. It seems like you do."

"Well, of course I want to marry him. But do you think i made the right decision?"

"Kim...it's your life. It doesn't matter what I think. You're the one who's going to be married to him. The one who's going to be with him day and night. Do you think you made the right decision?"

Kim shrugged. "I guess I'm still scared sometimes. Unsure, I guess. Even though we've been through a lot this past year or so...I guess I still want him to remember me as I was in high school."

"But you're not that person anymore. He can't remember you as that person. He shouldn't."

"I know...I just...I can't help but feel like this. I try not to, but I do."

Adam rubbed Kim's shoulder. "Well, maybe you should be talking to him about this and not me." He turned back to Kira in the booth. "Sounds good, Kira."


"Hey Tommy," Rocky said, after one of the karate classes at the dojo ended. "Can I talk to you real quick?"

"Yeah, sure, Rock," Tommy answered, wiping his sweat with a towel. He followed Rocky into his office. "What's up?"

Rocky closed the door to his office and gestured for Tommy to sit. Rocky walked around his desk and jumped up to sit on it. "I guess congratulations are in order, huh?" He smiled and extended his hand for Tommy to shake.

Tommy took his hand, confused. "What's this about, Rock?"

"I...I'm glad you're here Tommy," he genuinely said. "For Kim...and the rest of us. It's been...like a year, but...I don't know. I guess I still felt a little funny about you and Hayley and Billy and Zack. I know that aside from Hayley and Amy, we've all been super close friends, best friends, but I couldn't help but still...I guess you would say guard myself...and my friends. Being a ranger was a long time ago...sometimes it seems like it was all a dream and it never really happened. And then I'd wonder where I got such great friends like you guys. But, you know, a lot has happened and we--me, Aisha, Kim, Adam, Trini, and Jason have all been together to hell and back. Those people aren't my friends anymore, they're my family. Moreso than my real family is. And I couldn't help but feel like you, Zack, Billy, and Hayley were trying to infringe on that and I guess, move into my place and take over my friends. Take over my family."

"Rocky, I never--"

Rocky held up a hand. "No, no, it's okay. I mean, over everything, I knew that you were always a part of the group. You, Billy, Zack, Hayley. I knew that you weren't trying to take my place in the group. But, you know, I just couldn't help but have that subconscious feeling. And I guess what I'm trying to say is that I don't feel like that. I've always known you were very trustworthy and I would trust you with my life. I'd trust you with my secrets. I'd trust you with my feelings. I'd trust you with everything. Especially with the person who's become my little sister."

Tommy was silent for a couple of moments before answering. "Thank you, Rocky. I have to say, though, I am a little surprised that you felt like this. I thought that after a year, we have all made so much progress. I guess I shouldn't have assumed that everybody's the same. But I am happy and glad that you trust me. With Kim, with everyone, with this whole Florida group. It's been hard, trying to come back and fit in with everyone else."

"I guess I never really thought about that," replied Rocky. "How you may have felt."

Tommy nodded. "You guys have all become so close. Sometimes it seems like you all talk to each other with just looks and facial expressions. If Kim moves her eyebrows one way, everyone immediately knows what she's talking or thinking about, when I'm still wondering what happened. You guys have a bond that nobody could break. You guys have a bond that not everybody is in. It's not that ranger bond that all of us feel, but it's different. It's more deeper than that. You have all these years that you have spent together and when I got back in touch with you guys, it seemed like everything was different. For years, it had always been Jason that Kim always ran to when she was in trouble. And now it's Adam. I was used to it being Jason. It's harder getting used to it being Adam."

"Yeah, well, they--"

"I know, they've gotten really close because of the whole music thing."

"It's not just the music thing," said Rocky. "They connect on a whole different level. I probably really shouldn't be saying anything, but after Adam left the rangers, he was really torn up inside. He leaned on Kim and Kim leaned on him. They helped each other heal. I don't think Adam would admit to anything, but that's because he still refuses to believe that he was hurting after leaving the rangers. There were so many times when he would question whether or not he did the right thing. That's why he's never been able to completely let go. He went back a year or something like that to Angel Grove and Carlos was debating whether or not he should remain a ranger. I think if Carlos didn't want to be the black ranger anymore, Adam would've gladly stepped in. But he didn't and as much as he tries to deny it, he was even more torn up about that. Using a broken coin to morph. Kim helped him through that. They understood each other, I think. They understood each other more than we did. I think they felt the same things, but Adam tried to put the focus on Kim because of everything she had gone through."

"I'm sorry. I never knew."

Rocky nodded. "Please don't say anything. I don't think Adam would be really pleased with me if he heard I said anything."

"I won't."

"I know you won't." Rocky smiled.


There's that chapter! Song is: "All We Are" by Matt Nathanson. I hope you enjoyed that chapter!